by Collin Brendemuehl | May 30, 2023 | Apologetics
The enneagram is finding its way into evangelical churches and organizations almost unabated. Some are writing about the matter. Don Veinot, Macia Montenegro, Doug Groothuis, and others have written and spoken extensively on the origin and character of the enneagram....
by Collin Brendemuehl | Apr 9, 2019 | Apologetics
It’s an old post (“Playing The Mystery Card (incl. McGrath vs Dawkins) from my book Believing Bullshit”) on Patheos, from 2014. As Dr. Law has recycled it on Twitter I thought it deserved appropriate interaction. Dr. Law’s target concept is the question of mystery. In...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Oct 27, 2018 | Apologetics
Natural law might be defined as the assumption of certain basic, transcendent moral principles which should serve as guides for human behavior. What these are, what laws might exist, is open to discussion. Does natural law encompass only the broadest categories like...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Sep 2, 2018 | Apologetics, Christianity and Society
Caution: Spoiler Alert! This movie is fun. It’s a romantic comedy (or romcom as they say today). It’s about a cohabiting couple (living in the US) visiting his best friend’s wedding in Singapore and spending time with his rich family. I mean rich...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Jul 7, 2018 | Apologetics
The first title I thought of was “Make Apologetics Great Again” but that really didn’t seem appropriate. The topic of apologetics has been on the upswing for the past two centuries. While apologetics has always been a part of theology the past few decades has seen a...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Jun 23, 2018 | Apologetics, Book Review
The Problem of Ideas John Gray’s “Seven Type of Atheism” My first reading of John Gray was his book “Black Mass, Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia.” It’s a good and useful piece, outlining the historic theological...